Welcome back to Fit Body Happy Joins. My name is Shannon. Today we are talking about

walking and if it's enough. Last week we talked about Zone 2 cardio and

how Zone 2 cardio can be beneficial.

And today I want to talk about walking

and if walking is quote unquote enough

to get the benefits of zone 2 cardio.

I also want to talk a bit about zone 1 cardio and zone 3 cardio and then

next week we're going to talk more about zone 4 and 5. So let's quickly go

over all five cardio zones. These cardio zones are

approximate levels of effort and each zone will kind of use different metabolic processes to power your body.

So really short and sweet zone one is easy aerobic movement like an easy walk

where you really don't feel much elevation in heart

rate and you don't feel much overall work. Zone 2 is still easy cardio.

It's something that you could sustain for a long period of time.

You could hold a conversation and breathe in and out

through your nose, but it's definitely

starting to get less comfortable to talk.

Zone three is harder work.

You might feel like you have to pause every 3 words

if you're talking.

You're puffing more, you're breathing in and out

through your mouth mostly.

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